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Walt's Wall

Submitted By: Scott Hansen on Nov 30, 1999
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Walt's Wall has a good mixture of crack and slab climbs. Most routes on the wall are trad lines but there are a few bolted lines and several mixed lines. The rough granite of Vedauwoo typically requires tape but the crack routes on Walt's Wall have seen enough traffic in the past 60 years that they are pretty hand friendly when compared to other areas. This wall gets a lot of sun, which is good for an early start. The most common decent is a multiple rap from the top of Walt's Wall Route, at the far right end of the wall. This is often heavily trafficked as it is right in line with several climbing routes. If one is more adventurous an alternative two rope rap from the top of 4th of July Crack will get you down in stellar fashion. To get to this rap you will keep going to the right end of the wall as for Walt's Wall rap, but you will keep going and curl around until you're on top of the Coke Bottle (the rock forming the huge left facing dihedral with the wall). The must do super-classic route is Edward's Crack (5.7).


Getting There 

From the main gate to the Vedauwoo Rec area, follow the signs to the Lower Parking. You'll be graced with water and a restroom. Locate the drainage just to the left of the restrooms. Follow this up and right but until you are just even with the left most edge of the Coke Bottle (that big bulbous rock sticking out of the middle). Pick your way through the boulders to the base of the routes. Edward's Crack is the obvious crack in the center of the wall.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Walt's Wall:
Walt's Wall Route   5.4     Trad   
Edward's Crack   5.7     Trad, 2 pitches   
Friction Slide   5.7     Trad, Sport, TR, 1 pitch, 40 feet   
Satterfield's Crack   5.8     Trad, 1 pitch   
Water Streak II   5.10a     Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 100 feet   
Fourth Of July Crack (Hard Promises)   5.12a     Trad, 1 pitch   
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Climber at the start of 4th of July Crack.

Fourth Of July Crack (Hard Promises) 5.12a  WY : Vedauwoo : Walt's Wall
Super Varied!! This pitch has it all: squeeze chimney, overhanging fingers and thin hands in a corner, straight in offwith! It's hard the whole way except for a rest before the final stretch to the chains....Fourth of July is actually on the Coke Bottle where it meets up with Walt's Wall. Lead up the first pitch of Satterfield's Crack (5.7-), but tunnel up and right through stacked boulders to the base of the left-facing corner an...[more]   Browse More Classics in WY


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Up on top somewhere above Ed's Crack. I was hoping nobody would flush this thing (7/96).

Up on top somewhere above Ed's Crack. I was hoping...

Setting up the first rap. It takes three raps with a 60m to get down Walt's, or one double-rope with two 60's. Either way, it's a great spot, and an awesome view.

Setting up the first rap. It takes three raps wit...


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By Tyson S Arp
Aug 26, 2002

Regarding the 4th of July Crack rappel--I've gotten ropes stuck two out of two times on this rappel. I wouldn't recommend this rappel--unless of course you're planning on climbing Satterfields Crack--because there's a good chance that's where your rope is going to end up.

By Anonymous Coward
Mar 27, 2003

What I've found to work better is to rap down to the anchors at the top of the first pitch of Walt's wall (anchors + chains) instead of all the way to the bottom. This puts you on a big ledge further to the left of Satterfield's and about 15 feet from the chockstones that the rope usually gets stuck on. Most likely your rope will still land on the chockstones but I've never had a problem with it getting stuck because you are pulling horizontally instead of from underneath. If you have two 50m ropes this may be your only option anyway. I've done the whole rappel with a 50m and a 60m and it was just barely enough.

By Brian Scoggins
From: Laramie, WY
Apr 1, 2003

Definitely split it into two raps. You'd have to be born under a lucky star to not get a rope stuck in the flakes next to the top of the first pitch of Walt's Wall.